Class acts: Anne Watson says teachers need support

28 Sep 2023 | by Anne Watson

‘Teachers are at the front line of social and health problems.’

'Love and hope are hard to maintain when new demands from governments and schools leadership rain heavily into classrooms.'

For many years I educated teachers in a university. I was delighted to find that, for most applicants, the drive to be a teacher was love – love of working with young people, love of learning, love of a subject, and a desire to work in a nurturing and optimistic atmosphere of hope. The idea that a teacher would be able to ‘give back’ was often mentioned.

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